The Best Girlfriend You Never Had | Style
Plot
Plot refers to how events and information in a narrative work are organized to achieve particular effects (e.g., suspense, arousing fear or apprehension, etc.) and to provide a way in which the author can develop her themes. Houston employs an episodic structure, incorporating flashbacks into her description of a day Lucy spends with a friend, Leo. Only six of the fourteen sections are in the present tense. By selecting flashbacks detailing Lucy’s relationships with men and her parents, Houston asks readers to make connections between Lucy’s present dilemma and her...
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